1866.] 



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The Librarian desires, however, to invite your particular notice to the 

 magnificent donation, by the late " Worcester Agricultural Library Associa- 

 tion " of this city, of the whole of their fine collection of books upon agriculture 

 and its kindred pursuits. For various reasons, needless to be recited here, it 

 became imperative, as it had long been desirable, to select some place of deposit 

 for these volumes, which, while it afforded security, should at the same time 

 leave them accessible for consultation. For this purpose, Horticultural 

 Hall was considered admirably adapted, at least so long as used for its present 

 purposes. Your Librarian cheerfully consented to assume any additional labor 

 that the acceptance of this gift might impose, in consideration of the enhanced 

 importance thus given to our existing collection. For it so happens that, 

 although treating upon closely-related branches of the same science — for Horti- 

 culture is, at the most, but an ofF-shoot of what should in strictness be termed 

 Terrceculture — yet the two libraries, when united, are found to contain but few 

 duplicates, forming, in fact, perfect complements of each other. Many of the 

 works in this last edition are of exceeding value, among which may be particu- 

 larly mentioned, " The London Quarterly Journal of Agriculture," in 19 vols., 

 and "The Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Agricultural Society 

 of Scotland," in 14 vols. The entire collection comprises one hundred and 

 ninety-six (19G) volumes, as per printed catalogue, many elegantly, and all 

 substantially bound : 



Allen's American Farm Book. 



" Diseases of Domestic Animals. 

 '•■ Treatise on Cultivation of the 

 Grape. 



Allen's Rural Architecture. 



Annual of Scientific Discovery, by D. A. 

 Wells. 



Agricultural Reports of Massachusetts — 

 (gratis.) 



American Angler's Guide (illustrated.) 



A Tour round my Garden. 



Albany Cultivator, 4 vols. 



Brown's Field Book of Manures. (D) 



Buel's Farmer's Companion. 



Buist's Family Kitchen Gardener. 



Blake's Farmer at Home. 



Breck's Book of Flowers, 



Barry's Fruit Garden. 



Bridgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant. 



Bridgeman's Fruit Cultivator's Manual. 



Bigelow's Useful Arts, in connection with 

 the Application of Science, 2 vols. 



Boussingault's Rural Economy. 



Bement's Poulterer's Companion. 



Buchanan on Grape and Strawberry Cul- 

 ture. 



Buist's Flower Garden Directory. 



Blake's Agriculture for Schools. 



Baucher on Breaking and Training Horses. 



Butler's Philosophy of the Weather. 



Brown's American Bird Fancier. 



Brocklesby's Views of the Microscopic 

 World (illustrated.) 



Cole's American Fruit Book. 



Cole's American Veterinarian. 



Chorlton's Grape Grower's Guide. 



Coleman's European Agriculture, 2 vols. 



Cooley's Book of Useful Knowledge, con- 

 taining 6000'Practical Receipts. 



Cleaveland's Village and Farm Buildings. 



Comstock's Mineralogy. 



Dadd's American Cattle Doctor. (D) 



" Modern Horse Doctor. 



Dadd's Anatomy and Physiology of the 

 Horse. 



Dana's Muck Manual. (D) 



Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees (new 

 edition.) (D) 



Downing's Landscape Gardening. 



Downing's Cottage Residences. 



Downing's Country Houses. 



Downing's Rural Essays. 



Dixon & Kerr's Poultry Book. 



Elliott's Fruit Grower's Guide. 



Eastwood on Cranberry Culture. 



Emerson's Trees and Shrubs of Massachu- 

 setts. 



Ewbank's Hydraulics and Mechanics. 



European Life and Manners (by Coleman) 

 2 vols. 



Fessenden's Complete Farmer and Gar- 

 dener. 



Farmer's Land Measurer. 



Farmer's Barn Book. 



Farmer's Every Day Book. 



Flint's Treatise on Grasses and Forage 

 Plants. 



Fitch's Treatise on Insects. 



